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Aeolian delivery to Ulleung Basin, Korea (Japan Sea), during development of the East Asian Monsoon through the last 12 Ma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2019

CH Anderson Open the ORCID record for CH Anderson [Opens in a new window] ,
RW Murray ,
AG Dunlea ,
L Giosan ,
CW Kinsley Open the ORCID record for CW Kinsley [Opens in a new window] ,
D McGee  and
R Tada
CH Anderson*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA02215, USA
RW Murray
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA02215, USA
AG Dunlea
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA
L Giosan
Affiliation:
Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA
CW Kinsley
Affiliation:
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139, USA
D McGee
Affiliation:
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139, USA
R Tada
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo113-0033, Japan
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*Email: canderso@bu.edu
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Abstract

We reconstruct the provenance of aluminosilicate sediment deposited in Ulleung Basin, Japan Sea, over the last 12 Ma at Site U1430 drilled during Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 346. Using multivariate partitioning techniques (Q-mode factor analysis, multiple linear regressions) applied to the major, trace and rare earth element composition of the bulk sediment, we identify and quantify four aluminosilicate components (Taklimakan, Gobi, Chinese Loess and Korean Peninsula), and model their mass accumulation rates. Each of these end-members, or materials from these regions, were present in the top-performing models in all tests. Material from the Taklimakan Desert (50–60 % of aluminosilicate contribution) is the most abundant end-member through time, while Chinese Loess and Gobi Desert components increase in contribution and flux in the Plio-Pleistocene. A Korean Peninsula component is lowest in abundance when present, and its occurrence reflects the opening of the Tsushima Strait at c. 3 Ma. Variation in dust source regions appears to track step-wise Asian aridification influenced by Cenozoic global cooling and periods of uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. During early stages of the evolution of the East Asian Monsoon, the Taklimakan Desert was the major source of dust to the Pacific. Continued uplift of the Tibetan Plateau may have influenced the increase in aeolian supply from the Gobi Desert and Chinese Loess Plateau into the Pleistocene. Consistent with existing records from the Pacific Ocean, these observations of aeolian fluxes provide more detail and specificity regarding the evolution of different Asian source regions through the latest Cenozoic.

Keywords

dustfactor analysismultivariate statisticsprovenancesediment chemistry
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Geological Magazine , Volume 157 , Special Issue 5: Asian dust from land to sea: processes, history and effect , May 2020 , pp. 806 - 817
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